Gospel of Mark Worksheet

Jesus' entire message, according to Mark, can be summed up as:

"This is the time of fulfillment. The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the God."

Although there are only five parables contained in Mark's Gospel, Mark 4:33f says:

"With many such parables he spoke the word to them."

Mark does not include (in his original ending) any account of an appearance of the risen Jesus to the apostles. His is the only gospel to omit these appearances. The only ones who do grasp that Jesus is a suffering Messiah are:

- Woman of Simon's house - Centurion - Joseph of Arimethea

Mark's Gospel was likely written near the year:

70 AD

Mark's Gospel considers Jesus' importance to have begun with his:

Batpism

Mark apparently believes that Jesus will appear on earth in the near future. Mark 14: 28 and 16:7 both note that Jesus will see his disciples in:

Galilee

The 3 areas Jesus goes through (in order):

Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem

Mark is the only one of the four Gospels to call itself a:

Gospel

Even the apostles did figure out who:

Jesus was

During Jesus' lifetime according to Mark, people in general, and the apostles in particular, did not understand who:

Jesus was.

The name of the author of this Gospel is:

John Mark

6 emotions Jesus showed:

Moved with pity, warning, anger, amazed, indignant, troubled and distressed

The theme of Mark's gospel is the "good news" that Jesus Christ is the:

Son of God

These witnesses or identifiers of Jesus called him the:

Son of God

Peter calls Jesus "the Messiah" in Mark 8:29, but to make sure he does not misinterpret this title as a political claim, in 8:31-33 Jesus immediately makes his first prediction of:

death

The only ones who correctly identified him were:

evil spirits

Jesus himself warned against making:

himself known

Jesus' real identity remained a secret during his whole:

ministry

The "messianic secret" was often:

proclaimed

Apparently it was alright for Gentiles to identify Jesus. Only the Jews were not to know His true identity because they would mistakenly conclude that he was an earthly:

prophet

In other words, for Jesus "Messiah" and "Christ" do not mean powerful ruler, but "suffering _______"

servant